88R739 MP-D
 
  By: Bailes H.B. No. 590
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the labeling and sale of Texas honey.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 131, Agriculture Code, is
  amended by adding Section 131.085 to read as follows:
         Sec. 131.085.  USE OF "TEXAS HONEY" ON LABEL. A person may
  not label, sell, or keep, offer, or expose for sale a product
  identified on its label as "Texas honey" unless the product
  consists exclusively of honey produced from apiaries in Texas.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.